Re: error while starting database - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Gregory Stark
Subject Re: error while starting database
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Msg-id 873aygua9r.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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In response to Re: error while starting database  (Douglas Toltzman <doug@oakstreetsoftware.com>)
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"Douglas Toltzman" <doug@oakstreetsoftware.com> writes:

> In any case, the server specifically calls out an error creating
> "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432". I would start by creating a world-writable /tmp
> folder.

FWIW the correct permissions for /tmp on Unix machines is 1777. It should look
like this (note the "t" in place of the last "x"):

$ ls -ld /tmp
drwxrwxrwt 8 root root 12288 Aug 18 16:30 /tmp

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